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Photos of the Day: 3/18

Images from around the world.

Indian children play in a pool of colored water at the end of Holi celebrations, the Hindu festival of colors at the Baldev Temple in Dauji, 180 kilometers (113 miles) south of New Delhi, India. The Baldev Temple is known for a ritual where the women playfully hit men with whips made of cloth as men throw buckets of water mixed with orange dye. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

People cast shadows as they wave flags as they gather at a square to watch a televised address by Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Federation Council, in Sevastopol, Ukraine. Putin on Tuesday fiercely defended Russia’s move to annex Crimea saying Crimea’s vote on Sunday to join Russia was in line with “democratic norms and international law.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Florida Gov. Rick Scott leads current Florida legislative representatives and cabinet members up the steps of the old Capitol behind an honor guard carrying the coffin of former Gov. Reubin Askew in Tallahassee. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

In this photo provided by KOMO-TV, a car burns at the scene of a helicopter crash outside the KOMO-TV studios near the space needle in Seattle. The station says the helicopter was apparently coming in for a landing on its rooftop Tuesday morning when it possibly hit the side of the building and went down, hitting several vehicles on Broad Street. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Members of the social group Christian Muslim Alliance Pakistan take part in a candlelight vigil for passengers that were aboard a missing Malaysia Airlines plane in Islamabad, Pakistan. The search for Malaysian Flight 370, which vanished early March 8, 2014 while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board, has now been expanded deep into the northern and southern hemispheres. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A couple with Japanese traditional clothing or kimono pose for a wedding photo session at a rape field of Hamarikyu Gardens in Tokyo. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A child holds a Russian flag backdropped by a large screen showing a broadcast of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s speech on Crimea, in Sevastopol, Crimea, Tuesday, March 18, 2014 as thousands of pro-Russian people gathered to watch the address. Fiercely defending Russia’s move to annex Crimea Putin said Russia had to respond to what he described as a western plot to take Ukraine into its influence. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A student from the Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino High School steps on a mural depicting the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 at their campus at Makati city, east of Manila, Philippines. Officials revealed a new timeline suggesting the final voice transmission from the cockpit of the missing Malaysian plane may have occurred before any of its communications systems were disabled, adding more uncertainty about who aboard might have been to blame. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A worker decorates lanterns on a tree to celebrate Buddha’s upcoming birthday on May 6, at Jogye temple in Seoul, South Korea. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Photos of the Day: 3/18

A child holds a Russian flag backdropped by a large screen showing a broadcast of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s speech on Crimea, in Sevastopol, Crimea, Tuesday, March 18, 2014 as thousands of pro-Russian people gathered to watch the address. Fiercely defending Russia’s move to annex Crimea Putin said Russia had to respond to what he described as a western plot to take Ukraine into its influence. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS